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salad-
Yes. I planted twelve (I think) about 18" apart that were about 8" tall. They've looked their best this year. They get a couple of trims a year and have knitted together into one lump. They never really get watered. I had a spare which I planted on its own in the back garden and that's been trimmed into a ball about four feet tall and wide. So it's definitely more hostile in the front garden.
Constable_Savage
At my previous and this house I planted buxus sempervirens, common or garden box hedge plants. In both cases they were next to the driveway and both suffered from browning. In the first case red ants had formed a nest under the bits that were brown so I cut the bits off and dealt with the ants. The problem seemed to resolve itself. The second house it has happened a couple of times. Again there are red ants nesting and again it has resolved. Because of the two variables I don't know if it was ants or blight but they got better and survived. Both hedges have taken forever to grow but they were/are both in very dry areas. My hedge now is 14 years old. Privet might be a better option but that's just a guess.